Improvement in knapsacks



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

THOMAS GARRICK, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN KNAPSACKS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,343, dated September24, 1861.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS GARRICK, of the city and county ofProvidence, in the State of Rhodelsland, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Knapsacks for Soldiers Use, which I style a CombinedKnapsack, Canteen, and Haversackf and I do hereby declare that thefollowing specification, taken in connection with the drawings making apart of the same, is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Figure lis a side View of the knapsack, ac., as it appears when strappedupon the back of the soldier. Fig. 2 isa View of the same asit appearswhen the back of the soldier is turned toward the observer. Fig. 3 is aView of the haversack and canteen when detached from the knapsack andworn at the side. Figs. 5 and 6 are views of the canteen andsuction-tube. Fig. 7 is a View of the knapsack when opened. Fig. Sis aView of the same when folded up, and Figs. 4 and 9 are details, to bereferred to hereinafter.

The object of myinvention is to provide an article for the convenienceof Athe soldier which shall be so arranged that it can accommodate inone package to be carried on the back his clothing and rations, whilethe different parts which compose it can be used separately, if desired,and also to construct the 4knapsack in such a manner that it can be,when not in use, folded into a small space for convenience of storage ortransportation.

A, Figs. 1 and 7, represents a knapsack the outward form of which issimilar to those now in use, but Whose construction will presently bedescribed. B is aWater-proof flap attached to it, within which, as shownin Fig. 7, the blanket can be placed. Two ears p p, of leather, Figs. land 7, are attached to the knapsack, extending below the bottom,wl1ichfurnish a means for buttoning the canteen E to the knapsack, as shown.The canteen is Vcan be drawn into the mouth,

in the form of a senii-cylindcr, Figs. 5 and G, its length being equalto the width of the knapsack. It is provided with a flexible tube d,through which the contents of the canteen The canteen is also providedwith a supportingstrap l2, which enables the wearer to slingit at hisside whenever the knapsack is not worn.

The haversack C is arranged, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that it canbe vsecured to the knapsack, the upper straps passing over the shouldersand buckled to the straps which cross the breast and sustain theknapsack, Figs. l and 9. When the knapsack is not worn, the haversackcan, by the use of the same straps, be slung at the side, as shown inFig. 3.

The knapsack, Fig. 7, has its four sides A A F F made of light wood orother suitable material, and is covered with a casing of enameled clothor other flexible material. The two opposite sides A and F are hinged atopposite extremities to the other sides, respectively, a spring-catch atthe ends not hinged securing them in position. When the knapsack is notrequired for use, the sidesA and F can be readily folded against theothertwo sides and the whole folded together', making a package likethat shown at Fig. 8.

.What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent,is-

l. Combining and arranging a knapsack, canteen, and haversack in themanner substantially as described.

2. Making the sides of a knapsack in such manner that they can be foldedtogether,sub stantially as described, forthe purposes speciiied.

THOMAS GARRICK.

Witnesses:

JOHN GARTLAND, J. W. MONE.

